A New Art Basel for Asia

Culture vultures and collectors alike alight in Hong Kong for a rebranded show; 'this is a lifestyle for certain people'

By

Jason Chow

May 16, 2013 5:52 p.m. ET

Just as the jet set leave one art fair in New York, they descend on Hong Kong for the next.

Art Basel in Hong Kong, the latest in what has become an international circuit, kicks off on Thursday. The fair comes at a busy time for art lovers, just two weeks after Frieze New York and a week before the Venice Biennale. Art Basel, in Switzerland,...